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Kazakhstan’s upper parliament house asks president to hold early election

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Kazakhstan’s upper parliament house asks president to hold early election

Kazakhstan’s upper parliament house has asked the country's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to hold early presidential election. February 20 2015, 10:24 2 499 просмотрs

Obama says the West is not at war with Islam

Obama says the West is not at war with Islam

US President Barack Obama has reiterated his call for the world "to stand up to violent extremism", saying that violent groups peddle a lie that there is a clash of civilisations. February 20 2015, 10:18 2 655 просмотрs

Honest traffic cop

Honest traffic cop

The traffic police officer refused to take a bribe from the driver who violated traffic rules, more over, he took the driver to responsibility. February 20 2015, 10:09 3 035 просмотрs

Kazakhstan braces up for economic crisis, holding hands with Russia

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Kazakhstan braces up for economic crisis, holding hands with Russia

The collapse of oil prices that has already eaten much of the income of both Russian and American corporations has reached Kazakhstan. The economic crisis is looming over another member of the Customs Union. Is there a threat to the Customs Union during the period of the economic hardship? What does the Kazakh administration do to avoid the crisis? February 19 2015, 17:40 3 374 просмотрs

Air Astana launches economy 'lie flat' bed… by offering 3 seats for half price of business flight

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Air Astana launches economy 'lie flat' bed… by offering 3 seats for half price of business flight

Kazakhstan’s national airline is offering passengers the chance to sprawl out across an entire row on long-haul flights – at three times the cost of a single economy seat. February 19 2015, 17:34 4 955 просмотрs

Prokopis Pavlopoulos is elected next president of Greece

Prokopis Pavlopoulos is elected next president of Greece

Government candidate Prokopis Pavlopoulos, 64, has been elected Greece's new president in a parliamentray vote. February 19 2015, 14:55 1 263 просмотрs

Russia accuses Ukraine of aiming to destroy Minsk accords

Russia accuses Ukraine of aiming to destroy Minsk accords

Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin has denounced Ukraine's call for the deployment of UN peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine as a destructive move. February 19 2015, 14:47 2 059 просмотрs

Kazakhstan to allot extra 100bn tenge for anti-crisis measures

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Kazakhstan to allot extra 100bn tenge for anti-crisis measures

101 billion tenge will be allotted for new anti-crisis measures in 2015, Kazakhstan's Minister of National Economy Yerbolat Dossayev announced Thursday. February 19 2015, 14:30 2 372 просмотрs

Atyrau named the best city in Kazakhstan

Atyrau named the best city in Kazakhstan

The experts of the national movement "Kazakhstan-2050" published an unusual rating of the Kazakhstan cities, azh.kz refers to nur.kz. February 19 2015, 14:13 10 729 просмотрs

Official: U.S. keeping ISIS kill list

Official: U.S. keeping ISIS kill list

The U.S. is maintaining a list of about two dozen or so top ISIS operatives in Iraq and Syria it hopes to target in airstrikes according to a senior U.S. official. The list essentially amounts to a kill list, since the U.S. has no troops on the ground in Iraq or Syria to capture ISIS suspects. The number one target on the list is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS. February 19 2015, 02:00 1 360 просмотрs

Denis Ten dedicates his Four Continents championship title to Kazakhstan

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Denis Ten dedicates his Four Continents championship title to Kazakhstan

Kazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten has commented on his victory at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2015, Tengrinews reports citing Vesti.kz. February 19 2015, 01:46 1 305 просмотрs

Almaty 'qualified' to host 2022 Olympics

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Almaty 'qualified' to host 2022 Olympics

The International Olympic Committee says Kazakhstan's business capital Almaty is a "qualified candidate" to host the 2022 winter Games. February 19 2015, 01:40 1 249 просмотрs

Ukraine rebel leader 'recovering from injury'

Ukraine rebel leader 'recovering from injury'

A separatist rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has been wounded and was on Wednesday recovering in hospital after a firefight in the town of Debaltseve where violence is continuing despite the European-brokered truce. February 18 2015, 18:37 1 627 просмотрs

Kazakhstan to expect 35- degree of frost

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Kazakhstan to expect 35- degree of frost

Biting night frost returned to Kazakhstan, the temperature is expected to decrease to 20-27, sometimes to 30-35 Cº almost in all parts of the territory of the country, bnews.kz reports. February 18 2015, 16:48 1 260 просмотрs

Buffett's Berkshire builds Deere stake, dumps Exxon

Buffett's Berkshire builds Deere stake, dumps Exxon

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) on Tuesday disclosed a 5 percent stake in agricultural equipment maker Deere & Co (DE.N) and said it shed a $3.74 billion investment in oil company Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) as oil prices plunged. February 18 2015, 16:41 1 445 просмотрs

French court due to decide on extradition of tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov

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French court due to decide on extradition of tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov

A French Court of Cassation (supreme court) is due on Wednesday to rule whether to extradite Kazakh tycoon and dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia or Ukraine to face fraud charges. February 18 2015, 16:28 2 807 просмотрs

Swiss police raid HSBC's Geneva office

Swiss police raid HSBC's Geneva office

Swiss prosecutors are searching offices of the Geneva subsidiary of HSBC bank in an inquiry into alleged money-laundering. February 18 2015, 16:21 2 936 просмотрs

Russian rocket carrier with cargo spaceship launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur

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Russian rocket carrier with cargo spaceship launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur

Russia’s Progress M-26M cargo carrier lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, climbed through clouds and into orbit, then executed an on-time radar-guided docking with the International Space Station six hours later. February 18 2015, 16:14 2 609 просмотрs

Moscow-Beijing high-speed rail may go across Kazakhstan

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Moscow-Beijing high-speed rail may go across Kazakhstan

A planned high-speed rail link connecting Moscow and Beijing could go across Kazakhstan, Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov said on Tuesday, reports azh.kz referring to akipress.org. February 18 2015, 10:17 5 503 просмотрs

Foreign Investor: Putin could be world’s richest man with stolen $200B fortune

Foreign Investor: Putin could be world’s richest man with stolen $200B fortune

The Russian president stole billions from his country's war chest and stashed it away in secret accounts, according to a man who was once that country's largest foreign investor. February 18 2015, 10:11 1 131 просмотрs

“Classical music evening” concert on Feb. 19

“Classical music evening” concert on Feb. 19

On February 19, at 7:00pm in House of Culture named after Kurmangazy in Zhilgorodok a concert - “Classical music evening” will be held. Atyrau Academic Folk Instruments Orchestra named after Dina Nurpeissova will perform the music pieces by Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Rossini, Mozart, Gounod, etc. Famous Atyrau soloists Marzhan Torekhanova, Ella Kurtieva, Amanzhan Baisagariev and others will perform at the concert. The chief conductor of the orchestra is Orak Zhaurov. February 17 2015, 17:59 4 016 просмотрs

Oil rises to $62, near 2015 high as Mideast risks support

Oil rises to $62, near 2015 high as Mideast risks support

Oil rose to $62 a barrel on Tuesday, close to its 2015 high, supported by threats to Middle East supplies and expectations lower prices may prompt a slowdown in U.S. output. February 17 2015, 16:19 2 379 просмотрs

Former commander of military unit in Almaty region commits suicide - Defence Ministry

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Former commander of military unit in Almaty region commits suicide - Defence Ministry

In Almaty region former commander of the military unit number 55065 Abai Myrzabekov has committed suicide, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reports. February 17 2015, 16:14 2 084 просмотрs

Ukraine crisis: Army and rebels stall heavy arms pullout

Ukraine crisis: Army and rebels stall heavy arms pullout

Ukraine's government and separatist rebels have failed to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line, despite a Monday deadline. February 17 2015, 15:56 2 649 просмотрs

Majority of foreign workers in Kazakhstan are Chinese

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Majority of foreign workers in Kazakhstan are Chinese

With a population of 17.4 million people, Kazakhstan attracts around 30,000 foreign workers annually. “Most foreign employees come from China – 9,600 people (31 percent), Turkey – 6,100 (20 percent), India – 2,300 (8 percent), Italy – 1,500 (5 percent), Uzbekistan – 1,100 (4 percent),” Vice Minister of Health and Social Development of Kazakhstan Daulet Argandykov said, akipress.org reports referring to tengrinews. February 17 2015, 15:29 2 494 просмотрs